Naturalization Application - Required Documents
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List of Documents Required for Naturalization
The documents required for a naturalization application vary depending on factors such as the applicant’s current status of residence, personal history, and family circumstances.
This page provides an overview of the documents generally required when applying for naturalization.
Please note that submitting a prescribed set of documents does not guarantee approval of a naturalization application.
Even where applicants have similar backgrounds and circumstances, the effective and appropriate documents to be submitted may differ depending on the specific facts of each case.
Accordingly, the following list provides general guidance on the documents commonly required for a naturalization application.
List of Required Documents (Common Documents)
①Application for Naturalization (with a 5 cm × 5 cm front-facing photograph taken without a hat)
②Document outlining the applicant’s relatives
③Résumé
Certificate of graduation from the applicant’s highest level of education or a copy of the diploma
Certificate of enrollment
Documents proving skills or qualifications
Copy of the applicant’s driver’s license (front and back)
④Statement of Reasons for Naturalization
⑤Written Oath
⑥Documents proving nationality and personal status
Certified copies of family registers or certificates based on family relationship registers issued by the applicant’s country of nationality (for South Korean or North Korean nationals)
Certificate of Nationality
Birth Certificate
Marriage Certificates (for the applicant and the applicant’s parents)
Certificate of Family Relationships
Other documents, such as the parents’ death certificates
Copies of passports and travel documents
Notification of Birth (Certificate of Matters Stated in a notification submitted to a Japanese family register authority)
Notification of Death (same as above)
Notification of Marriage (same as above)
Notification of Divorce (same as above)
Other documents, such as notifications of adoption or acknowledgment of paternity, documents proving parental authority, and court documents
Certified copies of Japanese family registers or removed family registers
・Where the applicant previously lost Japanese nationality
・Where the applicant’s parents, children, siblings, spouse, or former spouse are or were Japanese nationals
⑦Certificate of Loss of Nationality or equivalent document (only when instructed by the Legal Affairs Bureau officer in charge)
⑧Copies of Certificates of Residence or equivalent documents for the applicant, cohabitants, and current or former spouse
⑨Document outlining the applicant’s livelihood
Certificate of Employment and Salary issued by the applicant’s employer
Certificate of Registered Matters for land and buildings
Certificate of Bank Balance and copies of bankbooks
Copy of the rental agreement
⑩Document outlining the applicant’s business
Certificate of Registered Matters for a company or other legal entity
Copies of business permits and licenses
⑪Tax Payment Certificates and related documents
⑫Documents proving payment of social insurance premiums, such as copies of the Nenkin Teikibin pension statement and pension premium receipts
(For the most recent year)
⑬Driving Record Certificate covering the past five years
Driver’s License History Certificate for applicants whose license has expired or been revoked
⑭Simple maps showing the areas around the applicant’s home, workplace, and place of business
⑮Other documents
Salaried Employees
Withholding Tax Certificate
Prefectural and Municipal Taxation Certificate or Tax Exemption Certificate showing the applicant’s total income
Prefectural and Municipal Tax Payment Certificate
Company Officers and Other Business Executives
Corporate Prefectural Inhabitant Tax Payment Certificate
Corporate Municipal Inhabitant Tax Payment Certificate
Business Tax Payment Certificate
Corporate Tax Payment Certificates (No. 1 and No. 2)
Consumption Tax Payment Certificate
Copy of the filed tax return, including attached schedules, financial statements, blue return financial statements, and statements of income and expenses
Copies of the withholding tax ledger and tax payment slips
Sole Proprietors and Other Self-Employed Individuals
Prefectural and Municipal Taxation Certificate or Tax Exemption Certificate showing the applicant’s total income
Prefectural and Municipal Tax Payment Certificate
Business Tax Payment Certificate
Individual Income Tax Payment Certificates (No. 1 and No. 2)
Consumption Tax Payment Certificate
Copy of the filed tax return, including attached schedules, financial statements, blue return financial statements, and statements of income and expenses
